Call for Entries Opens for Two Special HPA® AwardsSubmissions Now Accepted for Engineering Excellence Award and Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation for the 10th Annual Ceremony
The Hollywood Professional Alliance (HPA(r)) has announced that the call for entries is now open for two special HPA Awards: the Engineering Excellence Award and the Judges Award for Creativity and Innovation. Celebrating its 10th year, the HPA Awards recognize the achievements of the individuals and companies that have contributed to groundbreaking technologies and creative excellence within the professional media content industry. Both special awards will be presented at the 2015 HPA Awards on the evening of November 12, 2015 at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, CA.published 4 months agoread more

House of Moves Stakes Creative Claim Through Management-Led Buyout From OMGNew Direction Affords Motion Capture and Animation Company Creative FreedomsHouse of Moves, the motion capture and animation studio known for its ability to deliver unrivaled quality, is proud to announce the closing of a management-led buyout from parent company OMG plc (LSE: OMG), effective Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2014. House of Moves CEO Brian Rausch continues his leadership role of the 20-year-old company as part of the buyout. Fully backed, this buyout affords House of Moves unlimited creative freedoms and the ability to focus on redefining how motion capture and animation services are delivered to the entertainment, gaming and commercial trade industries.published 9 months agoread more

SNS EVO Redefines Award-Winning Gorilla’s Production WorkflowMichigan-based Gorilla, a commercial and entertainment based Production Company, has many stories to tell. Starting as a two-man venture in a basement, Gorilla set out on a journey to find success in the industry. Ten years later, the company is now a thriving community of over 30+ artists in a collective space, collaborating on the production of award-winning commercials, documentaries, music videos and animations. Now with the inception of an LA division, GRLA, they will be seeking to expand their theatrical and narrative reel.published 9 months agoread more

Canon U.S.A. Unveils “Canon See Impossible”—A Branding Effort Empowering the Creative Spirit In Customers to Make the Impossible PossibleFrom Hollywood Films to Publishing and Medical Technologies, New Inspirational Brand Ethos Spotlights the Breadth of the Company’s Capabilities and Contributions to Developing Imaging Technologies that Showcase the Impossible for CustomersCanon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging solutions, is proud to announce “Canon See Impossible”—a branding effort aimed to inspire customers to see impossible with Canon products. As part of the companywide marketing initiative, the iconic brand will roll out a new logo visual to include the addition of the “Canon See Impossible” tagline, accompanied by a 3-D visual of an expanding box, symbolizing the Company’s desire to break the boundaries of what is possible and shift the focus from Canon as being solely a manufacturer of quality digital imaging products to a Company that empowers the creative spirit within its people and customers.published 10 months agoread more

The Hollywood Post Alliance Announces Nominees for the 2014 HPA AwardsGala Awards Event Takes Place November 6, 2014 The Hollywood Post Alliance has announced its nominees for the 2014 HPA Awards, the 9th annual unveiling of these honors. The Awards honor excellence in post production while bringing recognition to the creative achievements of individuals and companies as well as creative excellence and groundbreaking technologies within the post production industry. The HPA Awards are considered the standard bearer for excellence and innovation in the industry.published 11 months agoread more

OTOY Expands OctaneRender™ Integration to NUKE, Houdini, MotionBuilder, Unreal Engine 4, and Digital Molecular Matter EngineCloud graphics company, OTOY Inc., today announced expanded support for its acclaimed OctaneRender™ software, giving artists and animators more choice in where and how they work and accelerating content creation by bringing lightning fast true-to-life rendering to four more popular 3D applications. Along with previously announced plugins for Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects, OctaneRender™ plugins are also in development for The Foundry’s NUKE compositing software, Side Effects Software’s Houdini™ 3D animation software, Autodesk’s MotionBuilder® 3D character animation software, and Epic Games’ Unreal Engine 4.published 12 months agoread more

OptiTrack Takes Over as Animation Market Leader; Customers Break Motion Capture RecordsNew Customers Include Activision, Microsoft Games Studios, Eidos, Ubisoft, Crytek, DICE, and USC School of Cinematic ArtsWith dozens of installations in the last six months, OptiTrack has become the motion capture technology of choice for production character animation. Many of these new adopters had capture requirements that were deemed impossible based on existing technologies, yet with OptiTrack's Prime Series cameras, exceeded expectations even in complex outdoor and large-volume shooting scenarios.published 12 months agoread more

HOAX Films Creates “Experiential” Website for Organ Regeneration Science Pioneer MEBO InternationalMEBO Campus site feature a floating city that continues to grow.Kevin Xu, CEO of MEBO International has come up with a novel way to introduce audience to the achievements of organ regeneration science. Visitors to the California-based company’s campus website find themselves in a computer-generated floating city that’s home to a towering library, a giant rotating sphere and other iconic wonders. Visitors can choose to tour the city on foot or from the seat of a translucent shuttlecraft while a narrator describes “a revolution in science that will change our lives.”published 1 year agoread more

Cobham to Feature Nano HD at CABSAT 2014Stand B6-30, CABSAT, Cobham, the RF specialist company backed by more than 40 years of experience in transmitting and receiving information in difficult electronic environments, will demonstrate “SOLO7 Nano HD”, the world’s smallest wireless HD transmitter, at CABSAT 2014.published 2 years agoread more

Sony Pictures Digital Productions Applies Finishing Touch to “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2”Sound and DI teams pay a return visit to Swallow Falls and the results are delicious.Post-production work for Sony Pictures Animation’s "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2," the much anticipated sequel to the 2009 hit, was completed by Sony Pictures Digital Productions (SPDP) on the Sony Pictures lot in Culver City. SPDP talent oversaw sound editorial, sound mixing, color grading and editorial finishing for the animated movie, working alongside their counterparts from Sony Pictures Imageworks (SPI) and Sony Pictures Animation , who created the film’s final animation. It’s the latest project to utilize an integrated workflow linking production, animation, visual effects and post production operations on the Sony lot. "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2" released nationwide in 2D and 3D on September 27th.published 2 years agoread more

Version 1.1 of Miranda iTX Render Service Makes NAB DebutMiranda Technologies, a Belden Brand, a global provider of integrated solutions for production, playout and delivery systems for television broadcasters and multi-system operators, has announced the debut of Version 1.1 of its iTX Render Service for Adobe® After Effects® CS6 software. The iTX Render Service is a marked departure from traditional methods of graphics creation that now unleashes the full creative power of After Effects CS6 within Miranda’s iTX playout platform workflow.published 2 years agoread more

Imagination Technologies ships Caustic Series2 R2500 and R2100 ray tracing acceleration boardsRevolutionary affordable add-in boards bring interactive ray-traced graphics into the creative workflowImagination Technologies, a leading multimedia technologies company, is now shipping its Caustic Series2 PC boards, the R2500 and R2100, which accelerate PowerVR OpenRL applications including the Caustic Visualizer™ viewport plug-ins for Autodesk® Maya® and 3ds Max® and the Neon viewport in Rhinoceros 5 from Robert McNeel and Associates.published 3 years agoread more

2012 National Film Registry Picks in A League of Their OwnNFL Film, “A Christmas Story,” “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” Among Registry AdditionsThe excitement of national football; the first black star of an American feature-length film; the visionary battle between man and machine; and an award-winning actress born yesterday are part of a kaleidoscope of cinematic moments captured on film and tapped for preservation. The Librarian of Congress James H. Billington today named 25 motion pictures that have been selected for inclusion in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. These cinematic treasures represent important cultural, artistic and historic achievements in filmmaking.published 3 years agoread more

Hula Post Production Travels the Globe to Serve “Life of Pi”Supplies editorial to Ang Lee’s 3D production while shooting in India, Taiwan and Canada.In a project that spanned nearly four years and half the globe, Hula Post Production supplied editorial systems and support for Life of Pi¸ the new 3D film from 20th Century Fox and director Ang Lee. One of the industry’s leading suppliers of editorial systems for film and television production, Hula Post Production set up and maintained editorial operations in Taiwan, India, Canada, New York and Los Angeles.published 3 years agoread more

Mobile Imagination Extends Reach of the doddle Platform into CanadaSeasoned Television and Film Industry Executives, David Plant and Bryan Milne, Drive Efforts to Bring New Efficiencies, Reduced Costs to Canadian Production Industry
with doddle Platform Mobile Imagination LLC today announced it has extended its growing reach of the doddle Platform into Canada with the launch of doddle Canada. Headed by seasoned television and film industry executives with deep roots in the Canadian production industry - David Plant and Bryan Milne - doddle Canada is bringing the Company’s online, collaborative call sheet and planning solutions platform for production planning and logistics management to the Canadian production industry.published 3 years agoread more

Ingenuity Engine and Katy Perry are "Wide Awake" for 3D Music VideoVisual Effects Studio Teams with DNA and Panasonic to Create Dream WorldIngenuity Engine - an artist driven and owned visual effects studio - completed extensive work on the 3D music video for "Wide Awake," which was written for the 3D "Katy Perry: Part of Me" film which opened on July 5. The video was directed by Tony T. Datis of production company DNA.published 3 years agoread more

Miami breaks new ground on stunning new science museum projectVisual Acuity enters new phase of technology consultancy for America’s new ‘building as exhibit’The ground-breaking ceremony for the new building at the Patricia and Philip Frost Museum of Science has now taken place, giving independent technology consultancy Visual Acuity the chance to start work on the next phase of a project that looks set to capture the imagination of the architectural, technology and audiovisual communities worldwide. Formerly the Miami Science Museum, the new museum is on track to open in 2015.published 3 years agoread more

Evolving Artist(ry): One Man, One ToolAnimator and illustrator Chris O’Riley continues to hone his craft and meet artistic challenges head-on, armed with the latest tools in NewTek’s LightWave 3DArtist Chris O’Riley can never predict what his next project will be, but he is always certain of one thing: the tool he will use to achieve it. For nearly two decades, he has been tackling various animation and illustration assignments from major news outlets and advertisers, growing and expanding as a digital artist, using NewTek’s LightWave 3D.published 3 years agoread more

GoPro Camera Array used in Commercial CampaignBuilding on Company’s 3D Synching Technology, GoPro Array Defines New Level of Camera VersatilityGoPro, the world’s leading activity image capture company, today released a new video for international surf brand, Rip Curl, that uses the first ever mobile, waterproof 48 camera array to capture never-before-seen perspectives of two time world champion surfer, Mick Fanning, doing what he does best in the warm waters of the South Pacific.published 4 years agoread more

Fusion-io Teams Up With NVIDIA, Tweak Software and Thinkbox Software to Accelerate Entertainment ProductionInnovative Industry Leaders Unlock Performance to Unleash Creativity in Digital Content Creation Tools Showcased at SIGGRAPH 2011Fusion-io (NYSE: FIO), a provider of a next-generation shared data decentralization platform, today announced its participation in the SIGGRAPH 2011 international conference on computer graphics and interactive technologies. Fusion-io is collaborating with a number of leading technology companies, including NVIDIA, Thinkbox Software and Tweak Software, to accelerate entertainment production by demonstrating full resolution, real-time digital content creation for many of the industry's most powerful applications.published 4 years agoread more

CANON U.S.A. and Ron howard select eight winners from 96,362 PHOTO entries for ‘project Imagin8ion’ “Project Imagin8ion,” the First Hollywood Film in History Inspired by a User-Generated Photo Contest, Will Begin Production in September Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, has collaborated with one of Hollywood’s most influential directors, Ron Howard, to select the eight winners of the “Project Imagin8ion” contest from 96,362 submissions. Launched on May 22, photographers of all levels were invited to submit their most imaginative photographs based on a series of eight separate movie themes, each one a core tenet of storytelling, to ultimately inspire Ron Howard’s short film.published 4 years agoread more

FunGoPlay—World’s First Virtual Sports Theme Park—Built with NewTek LightWave™ 10Innovative gaming company FunGoPlay.com counts on LightWave 10 software to build a groundbreaking 3D gaming experience for childrenAn estimated one in three children in America today is overweight or obese, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). To help combat the growing epidemic, FunGoPlay.com has opened the world’s first virtual sports theme park—an innovative online sports world that bridges the gap between online gaming and physical activity among children. FunGoPlay artists relied on NewTek LightWave™ 10 software to create and deliver everything from eye-catching imagery and 3D elements, to customizable assets and interactive environments.published 4 years agoread more

Renowned Cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC Heads to Cinema India ExpoAward-Winning DoP will present master classes and keynote June 24th & 25th in MumbaiIn collaboration with the American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) and Kodak, Createasphere will present the venerable, award-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond, ASC during next week’s Cinema India Expo in Mumbai, India, on June 24 and 25 at the Renaissance Convention Centre.published 4 years agoread more

Genarts And The Foundry Announce Strategic AllianceIndustry Leaders Collaborate to Enhance Nuke Market GrowthGenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, and The Foundry, the world-leading visual effects software developer, today announced they have entered into a broad strategic alliance.published 5 years agoread more

GenArts Announces Next Generation Of SapphireUnprecedented Performance and Quality Gains to Reshape Compositing WorkflowsGenArts Inc., the premier provider of specialized visual effects software for the film, television and video industries, announced today GenArts Sapphire™ 5. The latest software upgrade is fully GPU-enabled to provide artists a completely interactive user experience at HD resolutions, while accelerating render speeds up to 700 percent.published 6 years agoread more

Panasonic and Twentieth Century Fox Team For Global Promotion of James Cameron's AVATARPanasonic Contributes to Creation of Highly Anticipated Hollywood ReleasePanasonic Corporation today announced collaboration with Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation and Lightstorm Entertainment on the global promotion of James Cameron's AVATAR. As the film's exclusive audio visual partner, Panasonic has provided some of its latest AV technology products to help create the eagerly awaited film which will debut in theaters worldwide on December 18 in both 2D and 3D. Through this collaboration, Panasonic will add momentum to its ongoing efforts to promote its industry-leading Full HD 3D technology to consumers.published 6 years agoread more

FOR-A Brings Array of New Products at NAB 2009FOR-A's mission since 2005, characterized by its long-standing "Imagination to Creation" theme, has been focused on bringing products and technologies to market in response to specific customer demand. The company's latest offerings will be on display at the 2009 NAB Show in Las Vegas, Nev., April 20-23 (Booth SU3507).published 6 years agoread more

For-A’s Array Of New Products At IBC 2008 Embrace “Imagination To Creation” ThemeIn direct response to customer demand, FOR-A, a leading manufacturer of video and audio systems, is introducing an enhanced line of multi-functional HD products at IBC 2008 that reinforce the company’s theme of “Imagination to Creation.” FOR-A will exhibit in Hall 2, Stand A51/B59 in Amsterdam, the Netherlands from September 12-16, 2008.published 7 years agoread more

News:The World’s First & Only Stereoscopic 3D Advocacy & Certification Group Launches Affiliate NetworkMeant to be Seen, the first and only Stereoscopic 3D (S-3D) Certification and Advocacy group, has launched its first affiliate network.published 8 years agoread more

News: Adobe Fosters Student Filmmaking at CannesReel Ideas Studio Program to Bring Together Global Filmmaking CommunityAdobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced that it is teaming with Vancouver Film School and Intel on Reel Ideas Studio, a global program to bring together student and professional filmmakers during the 60th Annual Cannes Film Festival taking place May 16 to 27 in Cannes, France.published 8 years agoread more

News: Sony Media Software Unveils Blu-PrintApplication Provides Streamlined Development for New High-capacity DVD FormatSony Media Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing software applications, has announced the availability of Blu-print™, a complete and cost-effective software solution for use in authoring DVD's in the new Blu-ray™ format.published 9 years agoread more

News: Indie Director Noah Kadner's Feature Film FormosaFormosa's Hollywood Premiere Screening To Take Place at Renaissance Hollywood Hotel, Saturday, October 8, 2005, 8:15 p.m.Formosa (www.formosamovie.com), the multi-award winning new comedy/drama from first time feature director Noah Kadner, whose filmmaking resume includes visual effects work on big budget films like X-Men and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, has been selected to kick-off the opening night special event and awards ceremony at the upcoming 2005 FAIF Film Festival (Foundation for the Advancement of Independent Films) in Hollywood, Saturday October 8, 2005.published 10 years agoread more

News: BOXX Announces Tarari Joins theTarari Offers Top Swag – an Encoder Accelerator for Windows Media Valued at More than $13,000BOXX Technologies, Inc., the leading workstation company offering systems that are as powerful as they are easy to integrate, announces today that Tarari® The Acceleration Company has joined the growing list of partners in the “Ultimate Swag Bag” promotion as top sponsor by contributing a Tarari Encoder Accelerator for Windows Media® valued at more than $13,000 (US). The Ultimate Swag Bag promotion celebrates NAB 2005 by giving back to the digital content and video community with the ultimate swag for digital creativity.published 10 years agoread more

News: BOXX Offers the Ultimate "Swag Bag" Beginning April 12Industry-Leading Digital Media Hardware, Software and Publishing Companies Partner with BOXX to Give Back to the Creative CommunityBOXX Technologies, the leading workstation company offering systems that are as powerful as they are easy to integrate, announces it has partnered with industry-leaders Adobe, Alias , ATI, CGNetworks, The D.A.V.E. School, Kurv Studios, Luxology, Newtek, NVIDIA, PNY, Softimage, Stash! DVD Magazine, 3Dconnexion, 3D Garage, 3DTotal and 12-Inch Design to create the Ultimate Swag Bag promotion, designed to fuel creativity and amplify digital workflow.published 10 years agoread more

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